Proxy Bidding
eBay have a proxy bidding system. The reason that many people use incremental bidding is probably because they do not understand the proxy system. Perhaps the expression "proxy system" puts them off because it sounds complicated. It could not be simpler. Simply make your highest bid, then leave it to eBay, which will, like most traditional auction houses, carry out the incremental bidding on your behalf. The great benefit of doing this is that in the event of a tie, or close tie, where two or more bidders are prepared to pay a similar amount, the one with the earlier bid take precedence.
Let's assume two bidders want to buy are example coin set, and both bid £700. The person who placed his bid on the first day would win, and the sniper would be the "underbidder" even though he bid the same amount, and he would have missed out on a bargain. The only way he could have won, would be to add to his top bid, i.e. bid , and he would have outbid the original person by one penny. This leads to an important point which is good strategy, or should that be tactics, for all bidders...
Add a Lucky Penny
Simply by bidding an extra penny, to your maximum bid, you would win more auctions, almost for nothing. Because any intelligent eBayer knows this, it can pay to add a slightly different amount. In our example auction, we would probably add , which should allow us to beat most "add a bit" tacticians.
Here's the Male version:-
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Mrs Gu comes home dressed in a twin-set and pearls :scared:
The dust settles on the backs of my hands whilst waiting for chat in the chatroom..
Someone replies to a post of ours - 2 years after its been posted....
The cobwebs in my head are distrubed by a thought process.....
My son tells me that my i-phone is ancient technology.......
Turned-up flared prince of wales check trousers return to fashion......
My car can be entered for the veteran & vintage run to Brighton.....
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We have:-
A Kitchen Caddy (Green) with rfid chip
Which feeds the Food disposal Caddy again fitted with a chip & collected once a week.
A Purple box for paper & card but only if it fits in the box and no Yellow Pages - also plaese remove cellophane windows from envalopes before placing in bin. Collected weekly.
A Green box for glass, metal and plastics (PET2 & 4 only) - but no plastic food cartons, metal items other than cans, also remove plastic/metal caps from glass bottles. Collected weekly.
A bag for recycling dead batteries. but not lithium-iron ones. collected weekly.
Garden Waste sack - collected bi-weekly.
A Grey Wheelie bin (chip fitted) - all non-recyclable goods and recyclable goods that we don't want.
A White Bag for clothes - no shoes. collected weekly.
A Blue Bag for matched pair shoes only - collection only on prior notification to the recycling team.
A 'Special collection' service at £15 per item for large objects & packing materials.
A 'Special furniture collection' service at £30 per item by prior arrangement only.
Additionally:-
The local civic dump - proof of address needed to enter max 12 visits per year - no vans/4x4's/pick-ups or lorries allowed. With self-sort into 1 General Waste, 2 Garden waste, 3, electrical recycling, 4, plant matter, 5, glass, 6, other metals, 7, building rubble, 8, wood, 9, textiles, 10, oils.
from the Council Recycling Newletter:-
Residents are actively encouraged to use 'commercial' recycling companies to remove unwanted items of waste. Please make maximum use of 'free' clothing collection bags from registered charities or other organisations etc, etc,. mobile phones (web address),
Printer cartridges (web address), furniture (local charity), electrical goods fridges/freezers/washing machines (web address)
Residents must not put out waste or recycling before 6am on the collection day or leave the empty bins/bags after 4pm on the day of collection this may result in a fixed penalty notice (current fine £60).
"fly-tipping is reaching epidemic levels in the borough" - I wonder why............
My Shed is my Castle! :love:
Enter at your peril...........:sparring:
I found this in a totally unexpected place:-
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OMG!
I've just Googled my own SH account name - the result is frightning!!!!
Our SH 'events' (this info has to come from SH as it's the only site we use for hosting events) appear on a Russian web site.....
Our SH profile details appear on a website hosted in Hungary.....
Our SH profile details appear on a transgender website as an 'account'.....
Although we use a 'common' name across other 'swinging sites' we make subtle changes in each account so we can identify the 'original' source, in the above the 'source' info came from our SH profile/forum postings/events. :sad:
It pays to be careful - luckily I've not been able to link our account 'name' back to our 'real' identities - YET!!! but i'm working on it! :twisted:
Having been involved with something like this at work recently, this was the direction from our legal department:-
“If someone says something in chat, perhaps jokingly e.g sheep shagger jokes directed at our welsh friends or ,a flippant, yes Ii am loaded I did the brinx matt robbery.”
If someone complained about this, it is covered by the site T&C (racist or defamatory comment) and the first point of contact should be to report this to a Moderator for the forum or a Chat Op if this occurred in the Chatroom, failing a satisfactory resolution (which must be given in writing to the complainant within 21 days - this covers the site in the event of a court case - (active moderation)) this could then be escalated to a legal action under the Race Relations Act via an official complaint to the Police or the IRR. Here it is important to define the ‘context’ of its use – eg. If it is a general comment regarding the Welsh then the complaint stands more chance of successful prosecution if you are a Welsh national or is the comment is directed personally e.g. Mr/Mrs xxxxx is a ‘sheep shagger’ would constitute ‘liable’ and can be prosecuted civilly.
The Brinx Matt comment would not be seen as anything other than a lie/boasting and would not attract Police attention unless it formed part of a criminal investigation and the suspect was actually a member of SH, in which case the Police would approach the site owners directly for the evidence of this comment.
“Or seriously, e.g. i was beaten last night by my Master and he left excellent bruises.”
The Police would interpret this as ‘adult consensual play’. The comment is in the ‘first person’ and BDSM is not illegal.
“I have also been thinking of the recent thread where a victim was not listened to because of evidence from msn that she was interested in play. If someone said in chat they found non consensual play a turn on, and then this was quoted in the forum as xxxxx wants to be , would this be allowed, and would the fact the forum is open to non-members not place this person in a dangerous position?”
is illegal in any context if the act is non consensual. If the person uses their real name, photo, address etc and advertises for ‘play ’ then a prosecution is unlikely to succeed as this constitutes ‘consent’ to the act of within the context of ‘rough sex’ / ‘stranger sex’. If the comment is placed by a 3rd party (e.g. husband – wife wants play) then this is illegal and the 3rd party would also be prosecuted as an accessory to if a complaint was made by the ‘partner’. Again, the Police would approach the site for any supporting evidence in a criminal case.
Any reference to an illegal sexual act – / etc. should be deleted by the forum Moderators, and/or action taken against a member for breach of both common law and the site T&C/AUP. Failure to do so leaves the ‘site’ open to a criminal prosecution by the Police as an accessory unless due-diligence can be shown to have been applied – just stating that there is a ‘policy’ or ‘rule’ would not be a defence – the site has to show ‘active’ Moderation and Controls are in-place to capture and delete illegal posts / chat / adverts / pictures etc. For a ‘live’ site eg chatroom / IM etc if a complaint is made for ‘illegal’ content then this must be ‘removed’ from general view within a ‘reasonable’ time and that consequential actions are taken against the ‘poster’ of such material.
We've been a few times now to Hellfire in Sunbury and enjoyed it. Peter and the crew are great hosts.
It's difficult to be to specific without knowing what you're looking for in a club and if this one will provide that. One thing that we can say is that it's very clean and the clientele are top-notch.
If you would like a specific question answered - then feel free to PM us and we'll try and answer it for you.
LIKES:-
The choice of 'themes'
The write a 'note' function - but hopes only I can see what's been written!
The 'meet' preference setting for travel/accomodate/hotel
DISLIKES:-
The 'meet' Today function mainly because if I use it, I will forget to switch it off tomorrow when I'm not available!
The 'Send A Gift' what a total waste of time and just another piece of junk to delete, or if we are 'stuck' with this twaddle at least make them relevent to a Swinging Site!!!
why has it DELETED everyone's 'Activities' - is this a BUG???????
The Southcoast Room have an active camping group - we have 3-4 camping socials a year.
It is irrelevent who you vote for - all they will do is 'tinker' with the existing duties/taxes.
So, regardless of 'Party' you will be paying more duty on fuel, cigarettes, booze etc. you will be paying more income tax, VAT in the next 4-5 years and you will be paying more for your NI contribution.
My vote is lost until (1) the Conservatives are in power and (2) they then have a 99.9% swing to Labour/Lib Dems at the next election in 2014/15 and we become a 'key marginal'.
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Mrs Gu had a bad back many years ago that required major surgury to repair and she's never 'fully' recovered from it but we've adapted and nolonger :swingingchair: from the Chandeliers we now rollabout on the floor instead. :crazy: nobodies yet noticed the difference! :rascal:
Get well soon :therethere:
What type of Forum poster are you?
1 Are you a ‘Thread Starter’ or just a ‘Responder’?
2 Are you a ‘Thread Comedienne’ or ‘A Serious Poster’?
3 Are you a ‘Knowledge Provider’ or a ‘Knowledge Seeker’?
4 Are you a ‘Ranter’ or a ‘Calmer’?
5 Are you a ‘Waffler’ or ‘Straight to the Point’?
6 Are you a ‘Toilet-roll’ (quote of a quote of a quote) poster?
7 Are you a ‘Thread Hi-jacker’?
8 Are you a ‘Thread Terrorist’ (wind-up merchant)?
9 How ‘honest’ are your answers?
Well of the (27) socials we've organised on here the stats are:-
Couples - 85% usually turn up.
Single Females - 95% usually turn up.
Singles Males - only 20% turn up.
We usually look in the Lets Meet Forum and the Events list and pick a weekend when there's little on.
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